| Queen – '39 Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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I definitely feel that this song is about space travel. He even talks about the volunteers coming back to tell them of a "World so newly born" that they can go to because the "Earth is old and gray". The theory of relativity would explain the 100-year trip only aged the volunteers 1 year. Even in the line "For many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas", it sounds like he is about to say "sailed across the milky way" because of the day in the line. I didn't know that May was an astronomer, but that even clinches it for me. An awesome song, nonetheless. |
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| Dave Matthews Band – Warehouse Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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I think that this song is as simple as it appears; it is about dying: See I'm leaving – He is dying This warehouse frightens me – Warehouse = life Has me tied up in knots – He is afraid of what is happening Can't rest for a moment – Although he is dying he doesn’t cease to be Soon I'm going I'm slipping slow away – Slipping away = dying Hoping to find something better – He is hoping he goes to Heaven Than I've got inside of here - Heaven would be better than life The warehouse slips away – He dies Hey reckless mind – He is talking to himself Don't throw away your playful beginnings – Don’t forget who you are You and I will fumble around in the touches And be sure to Leave all the lights on So we can see the black cat changing colors And we can walk under ladders And we can swim as the tide turns you around and around Hey we have found Becoming one in a million – So many are dead Slip into the crowd – He is becoming nothing This question I found in a gap in the sidewalk Keep all your sights on Hey the black cat changing colors And you can walk under ladders And swim as the tide choose to turn you And here I sit – He is waiting to die Life goes on – Even though he is dying, life goes on End of tunnel, TV set – Tunnel being tied to a TV for the metaphor Spot in the middle – A light at the end of a tunnel when the TV is turned off Static fade, statistical bit – Nothing is real, no more pictures just static And soon I'll fade away, I'll fade away – Talking about his death This I admit tastes so good – It feels good to be done with it all Hard to believe an end to it – Still dealing with the reality of dying Smell touch feel – His senses are stopping How could this rhythm ever quit – We don’t know anything else Bags packed on a plane – He is ready to go, nothing left to do Hopefully to heaven – Pretty self explanatory Shut up I'm thinking – He is getting confused I had a clue now it's gone forever – Doesn’t know if his beliefs are correct Sitting over these bones – But when reflecting on spirituality… You can read in whatever you're needing to – Believe what you need to Keep all your sights on Yeah man the black cat changing colors When it's not the colors that matter But that they'll all fade away This I admit Seems so good – Death isn’t so bad Hard to believe an end to it – It is still really mind blowing (duh ;o) Warehouse is bare – His life is finished Nothing at all inside of it – No commitments, no attachments The walls and halls have disappeared – Things are starting to fade They disappear My love I love to stay here – He will miss what he was attached to My love I love to stay here In a corner I was wondering – A part of his mind is still afraid If a change would be better than this – He is worried about heaven and what is left for him And then I worry Maybe things won't be better than they have been – Maybe Hell, maybe nothing Here in the warehouse – Life could be better than both At the warehouse How I love to stay here – He really did love life At the warehouse Every man and woman Get alive That's our blood down there Seems poured from the hands of angels But trickle into the ground Leaves the warehouse bare and empty And my heart's numbered beat – Numbered, as in it will stop Still echo in this empty room – It is echoing because everything else is gone And fear wells in me – Last thoughts But nothing seems good enough to defend – It doesn’t matter, nothing he can do So I am going away, I'm going away… - He is dead I don’t know if this is even close to accurate, but it has always just seemed to fit fine. |
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